Homework Help

Struggling with an assignment? We’ve got what you need right here! Below are links to databases and websites to help you find those answers. Not finding what you need? Call the Reference Desk at 781-631-1481 or stop by the library. Our Reference Staff is always around to answer questions.

Library Databases

Biography in Context Find full-text biographical information on over half a million people from all periods of history and from every geographical region.

Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and Nineties in America lets you search for historic information about events in America during the decades 1950 through and including the 1990′s. Published by Salem Press of Pasadena, CA, publishers of reference books and online databases. (Abbot Library also has the print version of these volumes.)

Gale has 30 databases to find full-text articles and other information about biographies, business, literature and the arts, health, sports, social sciences, the humanities, science, technology and more. Includes databases for kids. These databases are funded by the State of Massachusetts.

Gale Virtual Reference Library Search a collection of over a hundred reference titles in a variety of subject areas such as business and careers, education, fashion, food, film & television, geography, history, law & government, literature, medicine, philosophy, psychology, religion, science & technology and sociology. Titles for young people as well as for adults are included.

Learning Express Practice Tests has interactive skill-building practice tests and courses based on official exams such as the SAT, ACT, GRE, GED, LSAT, TOEFL, Real Estate Agent or Broker exam, U.S. Citizenship, Police & Firefighter exams and many more.

Literary Reference Center gives users a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Points of View Reference Center gives students multiple sides of a current issue. Each of 250 topics, has an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.